Thursday, August 5, 2010

Personally, I think our dozen or so attic guests are rather adorable, and quite useful at keeping the local bug population down in the garden. Not particularly playful however, and they snarl viciously if cornered the odd time they get lost and must be captured. A typical "Little Brown Bat" residing in our attic, the white part and two black lines are old knob and tube wiring.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Before and after photographs of a standard containment device for poodles and other seemingly brainless canines, of which ours is a classic example. Without the gate, our wonderful but incredibly dumb dog would chase down pretty much everything that happens by on the sidewalk, most probably resulting in substantial tort-action induced consequences from fiscally motivated practitioners of law!

The old gate was poorly constructed, lacking the critcal diagonal brace, with just a set of two inch 'L brackets' and the pathetic lattice trying to keep it in square for the last decade, with obviously deficient results! The new one is properly constructed, with the required diagonal brace, and will probably stay square for at least a few years after my death.

A Sample Aggregate Count Of The Number Of People With Nothing Better To Do!

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Our adventures living in an historic Victorian era Italianate home. Not so much a family blog, but more a series of anecdotes and stories about our nice little (well not really little) house, and our relation to it. If you ever enjoyed "This Olde House", or have an opinion on "Holmes on Homes", and can tolerate my sense of humour, visit as often as you like!